I was watching the Giants vs. Dodgers game earlier tonight. My beloved Gigantes were winning, 4-1, in the bottom of the 9th. The Dodgers sent the horrendously sucky Juan Uribe up to pinch hit, hoping he could generate some offense, despite a sub-.200 batting average.
As Uribe was hitting, I noticed that in every camera shot, all over the stadium, were advertisements for the new Clint Eastwood baseball movie, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE.
Then I proceeded to watch as the Giants pitcher easily struck Uribe out on a succession of curveballs.
I mean, if it was a Giants hitter who had been up, and the acclaimed Dodger Stadium Advertising Department had put up highly visible signs that read TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE everywhere, I would have accused them of cheating. That's kind of a dirty psychological trick.
But to have that up in your home stadium, while your own player who has trouble with the curve is hitting in the bottom of the 9th inning, against your big rival, in an important pennant race game?
Well, that's just Dodger baseball.
